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The Art of Planning

Selected Essays of Harvey S. Perloff

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Leland S. Burns

    1. Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. John Friedmann

    1. Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Revitalizing Central Cities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. New Towns Intown

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 5-12

    3. New Towns Intown in a National New-Communities Program

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 13-28

    4. The Central City in the Postindustrial Age

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 29-46

    5. Using the Arts to Improve Life in the City

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 47-62

  3. Urban and Metropolitan Planning and Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-66
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    2. A Framework for Dealing with the Urban Environment

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 67-90

    3. Urban Planning and the Quality of the Urban Environment

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 91-104

    4. National Urban Policy: Stage I

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 105-120

    5. Alternatives for Future Urban Land Policy

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 121-136

  4. Regional Planning and Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-140
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    2. Puerto Rico’s Economic Future

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 141-149

    3. National Planning and Multinational Planning under the Alliance for Progress

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 150-158

    4. Lagging Sectors and Regions of the American Economy

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 159-165

    5. Natural Resource Endowment and Regional Economic Growth

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 166-185

    6. Relative Regional Economic Growth

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 186-204

    7. Key Features of Regional Planning

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 205-219

  5. Fiscal Policy and Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-222
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    2. Budgetary Symbolism and Fiscal Planning

      • Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann
      Pages 223-240
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The work of Harvey S. Perloff stands as a landmark in the evolution of Anglo­ American planning doctrine. It is impossible to fully capture the essence of the published work in a paragraph, page, or even an entire essay. Yet its highpoints can be identified. His work was innovative, reformist, comprehensive, and ori­ ented toward the future. In emphasizing the greater importance of people com­ pared to things, Perloff repeatedly prodded planners to be concerned with human needs and values. He was critical of the past. But inasmuch as he de­ voted more effort to envisioning what could lie ahead than in recalling the past, his work was markedly optimistic. He once admitted in writing to his "built-in weakness for expecting rational, socially oriented solutions ultimately to win out, no matter what the objective situation seems to be. " To some the expecta­ tion may be seen as naive; to others, as a faith in the wisdom of humankind to take the best course. However received, Perloff's optimism served as a powerful stimulant to keep moving ahead for the best that would come of it. Institutions and the ways they should be shaped and reshaped were of central concern, for institutions (though he rarely used the term) were the in­ struments through which "knowledge was translated into action.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Leland S. Burns, John Friedmann

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